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Happy Easter Ladies! I'm so tired and full but it was a great day. Great church service with my church family. Spent all day yesterday cooking and today, did some more cooking. I found out that my mom had been spending over $100 on a honey baked ham so this year I decided to pick up a spiral ham for $15 and a bottle of cherry coke. I basted the ham in the oven with the cherry coke for a couple hours, then coated the outside of it in a brown sugar, allspice, clove, nutmeg, cinammon mixture. The best part....dh and I bought a blowtorch and carmelized that sucker ! It turned out perfect and better than the $100 premade ham. Found our new tradition....flame throwing a ham! LOL.

AF is finally out of here. Had an emotional breakdown the other day. Even though I'm needing this break and somewhat enjoying it... I miss being a mom so bad! My sister is 16 weeks already and she can feel the baby moving and kicking now. It's hard seeing her experience everything I've been trying so hard for. Feel so empty...like there's a gaping hole where my womb is. While she's picking out names....I'm picking out names for my angel babies. But as much as I want to have a child...I'm scared of doing another expensive, emotionally and physically exhausting treatment that might fail again. I dont know if I can handle a failed injectable treatment or another miscarriage while my sister is pregnant. I just dont know what to do....

@laureninlove- you're totally welcome to hang around hun . I'm going on 4 months without trying but without my countdown family...I'd be loco by now. lol. Love the support!

@pinkster- YAY chocolate!!!

@astrid- I think I read that somewhere. It's beautiful :).

@2frsty- I'm so sorry sweetheart! There's no other words other than.....this sucks! Keep us updated honey.

Pinkster - my boobs always get sore after I O, too. Are you taking Clomid again this cycle? If so, you may not have O'd yet. I forgot are you taking your temperature each morning and charting it?

Tara - I'm glad you found a ham solution! And I'm sorry your sister's pregnancy is making things even more difficult than they already were.

AFM, good news today. My large cyst on the right resolved!! I have one 13mm follicle on each ovary as well as 4-6 10mm follices on each side and some smaller ones. I'm waiting to hear from the nurse but expect to be given Estradiol for my lining, Femara to produce more mature follicles, and progesterone for after I ovulate. This should be my IUI cycle, and hopefully my mom will be gone when the time comes for me to go to the doc. If not, I should be able to come up with something that will explain my absence that doesn't sound too lame. Probably will say I'm going to therapy. She knows I need that.

We all need a bit of therapy phat going through this madness, retail therapy would be cool , no not clomid this cycle as everything was a bit of a mess last cycle, only bled one full day, temps were up for 22 days anorl, yep been doing the temps to try to understand them better again this cycle which you should be able to view and pretty sure I ov 5 days ago as temp shot up next day, I jinxed the bit about me boobs, really dark nipples and painful today also very light headed, just waiting for implantation now , thats all fab news Phat whoop whoop, now a very exciting time for you again, lovely -x-
Wating that ham sounds so lush nom nom
Love n luck and tons of to all -x-x-x-

Pinkster - I see your charts. It does look like you O'd. Good luck!!

@pinkster- WOW only one day of af? I heard Clomid can really thin the lining in some girls so you may have only had enough lining for one day of bleeding. Your doctor may need to try femara next time.....if you have a next time! Fingers crossed you get a bfp in the next week!

@phat- waiting for an update!

The doc called in Estrace & Femara. Then I'm going in on cd13 unless I get a +OPK before then to check my follicles. I read a study about increased rates of success with IUI on the same day as trigger, so I'm trying to decide if I should do the IUI on trigger day, then do timed intercourse after, do IUI on day of trigger AND 24-36hrs after, or do timed intercourse day of trigger & IUI 24-36hrs after. Fingers crossed for good follicles!!

Phat - So you're considering to do 2 IUIs? I've seen very good results that way!

Pinkster - Yay for a good O! Hopefully DH won't need to repeat the semen analysis after all!!

Tara - I'm so sorry that your sister's pregnancy is so emotionally hard on you. I would give anything to take this pain from you love!!

AFM: I cancelled all my appointments while I was still crying, just minutes after the fight was over between Matt and I. I just knew that I would regret it and I'd be on the phone with the REs office 5 hours later rescheduling them.

But I wasn't.

Once my emotions were stable and I could think clearly (albeit I was having to think through the migraine all the tears had given me), I began examining this snap decision I'd made. And that's when it dawned on me ... I felt like Atlas had just taken the weight of the world off my shoulders. It felt like I'd finally let go of something I'd been carrying too long. I could breathe again.

I was free.

I have the tendency to make very bad decisions when I'm angry. I usually make snap decisions that end up biting me in the ass at the WORST possible time, but I think this one's different. You know you've made the best decision possible, when all the anger/emotions are faded away and you're STILL left with the feeling that you made the right decision.

So I've decided that all the money I was planning to save up for more infertility treatments while Matt was gone to Afghanistan, I am going to put towards getting my boobs done and joining a gym. Time to get some of this weight off my fat ass and do the one thing I've wanted to do since I was 12 years old!!

I think I deserve a consolation prize after dealing with infertility for 15 years, don't y'all??

Hi!! I'm new, and thought this was the perfect thread to jump in on since I am definitely driving myself crazy. I am 7 DPO. My last child (and only) was conceived via IVF (her father had had a vasectomy 17 years prior). So, I'm stuck on comparison of the first week (s) after transfer. I keep thinking I am having many of the same symptoms but I'm sure I'm just hoping too hard.

No IVF (yes, different man, long story, please don't judge). I got off Depo last year (my last shot was in June, 2015) after only 3 shots. And we have not been preventing, but not yet really making it a point to "try" either. I have tried to make sure we get some extra in during fertile days.

We both want to have a baby. And I know he'd be thrilled if I am. So anyway ...

Symptoms yesterday & today include : headache, exhaustion, slight cramping, leg & butt muscle aches, sore throat, creamy CM, and I may be slightly over-emotional - anyone else? Oh ... and my best were extremely sore during OV, and now not really sore at all, which is weird since it usually lasts until AF comes.

Welcome FrankieB they sound like some good symptoms, Im not symptom spotting at mo cos last month there were lots and I wasn't preggers I noticed my areolas looked darker other night but didnt think much of it but then dh noticed and made a big deal about it as Im so pale and pink norm haha
Aww 2Frsty, I totally understand, when it gets too much and affecting your relationship in a negative way its tough to go on, I really hope you get a still when your not even trying, 15 years is a long time and yes you most def deserve a special treat, I had a boob job 8 years ago and never regretted it, I use to go from 36d when breast feeding straight back to 34aa when stopped and was devastated, now Im a natural looking 34b and feel more feminine(although still love my tools, fixing things, DIY and my 11 pairs of doc martens) Good luck my lovely
Phat -x-
Waiting-yes I think your right, next month I will ask the doc for femara? after the clomid, is it a jab or tablets and when should I take it How are you all

Yes! I have weird symptoms and I keep thinking that they aren't all in my head. For example, the heavy pressure in my uterus is DEFINITELY there lol. No way I could imagine that one.